General Carnival Information

Oceania 2026 carnival schedule

Date
Event
Map / location
Saturday 26 Sep
Oceania icon: Purple stylised bogong moth on an orange and white orienteering flag.
Oceania Middle Champs
Bogong Creek / Namadgi National Park
Sunday 27 Sep
Oceania icon: Purple stylised bogong moth on an orange and white orienteering flag.
Oceania Relays
Honeysuckle Creek / Namadgi National Park
Tuesday 29 Sep
ASOC icon: Green stylised bogong moth on an orange and white orienteering flag.
ASOC Sprint
Orana Steiner School
Flight of the Bogong icon: Blue stylised bogong moth on an orange and white orienteering flag.
Flight of the Bogong Day 1
Wednesday 30 Sep
ASOC icon: Green stylised bogong moth on an orange and white orienteering flag.
ASOC Long
Remembrance Park / Mount Ainslie
Flight of the Bogong icon: Blue stylised bogong moth on an orange and white orienteering flag.
Flight of the Bogong Day 2
Thursday 01 Oct
ASOC icon: Green stylised bogong moth on an orange and white orienteering flag.
ASOC Relays
Pine Island Reserve
Flight of the Bogong icon: Blue stylised bogong moth on an orange and white orienteering flag.
Flight of the Bogong Day 3
Saturday 03 Oct
Oceania icon: Purple stylised bogong moth on an orange and white orienteering flag.
Oceania Long Champs
Stromlo Forest Park / Mount Stromlo
Sunday 04 Oct
Oceania icon: Purple stylised bogong moth on an orange and white orienteering flag.
Oceania Sprint Champs
Australian National University

This Oceania Carnival incorporates the 2026/2027 Oceania Orienteering Championships*, the 2026 Australian Orienteering Schools Championships and the Flight of the Bogong events. 

* IOF, OA and ONZ Rules state that Forest Oceania Championships should be held in odd years (i.e. 2027). However, if local conditions are likely to prevent use of suitable orienteering areas, then they may be held late in the previous year. These events are therefore the 2027 Championships held in 2026: the 2026/2027 Oceania Championships. 

As the 2026 Oceania Sprint Championships were held in the Central Coast in January 2026, the sprint event in this carnival will be the 2027 Oceania Sprint Championships. Therefore competitors in IOF Classes (M/W21E, M/W20E, M/W18 and M/W16) must run in their 2027 age classes.  

Winners of the Long and Middle distance M21E and W21E races will secure personal places in those races at the 2027 World Orienteering Championships.  

event descriptions

Oceania icon: Purple stylised bogong moth on an orange and white orienteering flag.
Oceania
The Oceania Orienteering Championships are open to orienteers from all countries. The Oceania Titles are awarded to orienteers who are members of an IOF-recognised orienteering federation within the Oceania region. Oceania 2026 will include a sprint, middle distance, long distance, and relay. The sprint distance winners will be recognised as the 2027 Oceania Sprint Champions. Competitors enter age-based classes from elite (M/W21E) to junior, youth, and masters. The Oceania Championship titles will be awarded to the top eligible competitors in the Senior Elite and Junior Elite classes. The senior elite female and male winner will secure a place at the 2027 World Orienteering Championships (WOC).
ASOC icon: Green stylised bogong moth on an orange and white orienteering flag.
ASOC
The Australian Schools Orienteering Championships (Sprint, Long & Relay) are open to all school students 12-19 years old. They may be members of a State Team or an International Invited Team, or they may be Independent Competitors.
Flight of the Bogong icon: Blue stylised bogong moth on an orange and white orienteering flag.
Flight of the Bogong
Immediately following each ASOC race, there will be a public event, open to all. Together these are the Flight of the Bogong. There will be a presentation to those with the shortest cumulative time across all 3 days in the same class.

Event locations

Check out the map below for the general locations of the 10 events across the carnival. The midweek ASOC and Flight of the Bogong public events are co-located.